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Snowy morning makes for tricky driving in southern Manitoba

By: Staff Writer

Posted: 12/12/2012 7:35 AM | Comments: 0 | Last Modified: 12/12/2012 10:18 AM | Updates

Cars crawl over the Slaw Rebchuk overpass Wednesday morning as driving conditions were tricky with the 5 cm of snow that fell overnight in Winnipeg. (JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) Photo Store

Use caution when travelling on the slick city streets and blustery highways in southern Manitoba this morning.

Manitoba Highways is reporting snow-covered highways, swirling snow and low visibility on highways heading west all the way to Saskatchewan, and east up to Hadashville.

There there are no highway closures as of 7:30 a.m.

Snow is expected to end late this morning in Winnipeg, then it will be cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of flurries. About two centimetres of snow are expected. The high is expected to hit -15 C but it will feel like -30 with wind chill.

Tonight will be overcast with an expected low of -21 C but the wind chill making it feel like -28 C.

Wednesday will be cloudy in the morning but clearing in the afternoon with a high of -17 C expected.

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Updated on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 9:39 AM CST: adds photo

10:18 AM: corrects photo caption and credit

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